Zelenskyy is engaging with the Trump administration’s most painful proposals to show that Ukraine is negotiating in good faith, NPR’s Joanna Kakissis tells Up First. Giving up territory has been a red line for Ukrainians. Zelenskyy says he is examining the possibility of elections over the next 90 days or a referendum on giving up parts of eastern Ukraine to help end the war. Ukraine has not held elections because the country is under martial law due to the Russian invasion, and the constitution forbids elections during wartime, Kakissis says. Public opinion polls show that most Ukrainians think holding elections now is a terrible idea.
December 12, 2025
Ukraine
NPR - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the Ukrainian people
would need to speak through a referendum for his country to surrender
territory, which the U.S. wants Ukraine to do as part of a peace
deal with Russia. Zelenskyy and other Europeans are working to offer
answers and alternatives to pressure from Trump’s bid to end the war.
Zelenskyy is engaging with the Trump administration’s most painful proposals to show that Ukraine is negotiating in good faith, NPR’s Joanna Kakissis tells Up First. Giving up territory has been a red line for Ukrainians. Zelenskyy says he is examining the possibility of elections over the next 90 days or a referendum on giving up parts of eastern Ukraine to help end the war. Ukraine has not held elections because the country is under martial law due to the Russian invasion, and the constitution forbids elections during wartime, Kakissis says. Public opinion polls show that most Ukrainians think holding elections now is a terrible idea.
Zelenskyy is engaging with the Trump administration’s most painful proposals to show that Ukraine is negotiating in good faith, NPR’s Joanna Kakissis tells Up First. Giving up territory has been a red line for Ukrainians. Zelenskyy says he is examining the possibility of elections over the next 90 days or a referendum on giving up parts of eastern Ukraine to help end the war. Ukraine has not held elections because the country is under martial law due to the Russian invasion, and the constitution forbids elections during wartime, Kakissis says. Public opinion polls show that most Ukrainians think holding elections now is a terrible idea.
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